Recent research points out serious weaknesses in the current academic discourses of circular economy, among others the lack of understanding of the politics behind a transition towards circularity. In this paper we thus inquiry: What contingencies does the Circular Economy in Norway discourse...

The music of vocal-instrumental ensemble "Pesniary" is recognized in Belarus as a cultural heritage that must be saved and protected. In this paper, the approach of critical heritage studies is used to show, how this meaning of heritage is created, what heritage discourses exist in Belarus and...

Poverty is ubiquitous in the nook and corner of the globe despite the efforts of international agencies including the UN to offset the issues about it. The challenges are increasing day by day. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) hence highlighted poverty eradication as one of its main...

This paper examines contemporary economic theories that focus on the design and management of business organizations. In the first part of the paper, a taxonomy is presented that describes the different types of economists interested in this subject — market economists, regulatory economists,...

The purpose of this study is to investigate how accounting reality is constructed, primarily through the translation of principles-based discourse. By applying Searle's model of reality and the concept of translation, this study analyzes the theoretical significance of the principles-based...

In the aftermath of recent populist upheavals in Europe, the U.S., the UK and other areas around the world, nationalist economic policies challenge the overly positive view on economic integration and the reduction of trade barriers established by standard economic theory. For quite a long time...

By conducting a discourse analysis (SKAD) in the field of academic economics textbooks, this paper aims at reconstructing frames and identity options offered to undergraduate students relating to the questions "Why study economics?"and "Who do I become by studying economics?". The analysis...

Ostension is the act or process of showing, as in showing a child a fossil while saying “fossil.” Here collected are 59 quotations about language, discourse, ostension, and semantics. A theme is the “facts are theory-laden” spiral between language and discourse, between explananda and...